1. Answer the questions.

1. What was customary for the ship when she anchored in a crowded anchorage in a major port?

2. What vessel was noticed proceeding ahead at high speed?

3. What was the reason for the first vessel to call anchor stations immediately?

4. What was the inbound vessel doing while the first vessel was testing her engine and continued to heave in our anchor cable?

5. At what distance did the engine of the vessel “A” become operational?

6. Who informed the port and all vessels in vicinity that the situation was under control?

7. Where did the inbound vessel anchor?

8. What did the first vessel do when the inbound vessel anchored safely?

9. What should a vessel do on passing traffic and vessels anchored near own vessel?

10. What should the vessel have in congested anchorages?

2. Decide if these sentences are True or False. Correct the wrong ones.

1. The first ship was at anchor in a crowded anchorage in a small port.________________________

2. The positions of other anchored vessels in the vicinity were closely monitored due to a proper anchor watch._______________________________________________________________

3. An inbound vessel “A” about ten cables away with pilot embarked was noticed to be heading for the anchorage at high speed.____________________________________________________

4. The fisrt vessel made attempts to contact vessel “A” on the VHF, but this latter did not respond._____

5. Port control informed the first ship that “H” was just three cables away and her engine became operational.___________________________________________________________________

3. Explain the following terms.

1. crowded anchorage - ________________________________________________________

2. inbound vessel -______________________________________________________________

3. lose the engines - ___________________________________________________________

4. heave in anchor chain - _________________________________________________________

5. keep a sharp lookout - ________________________________________________________

6. drill - ____________________________________________________________________

7. congested anchorage - _______________________________________________________

8. walkie-talkie - _____________________________________________________________

4. Match words from column a with their synonyms from column b.

1. customary A. to raise an anchor and sail away

2. vicinity B. pleased with a situation, so that you stop trying control things

3. embark C. obligatory

4. head for D. volume or amount of

5. operational E. to go or travel towards a particular place

6. escort F. area near or around a particular place

7. scope G. working

8. weigh H. board the vessel

9. alert I. accompany

10. complacent J. giving all your attention to what is happening, being said etc.